This title presents three rites of passage plays for the young person in all of us, brilliantly adapted from the books of three best-selling authors. In Michael Morpurgo’s moving tale of youth cut short, seventeen year-old Tommo Peaceful relives his innocent rural past as he spends his last night in the trenches of World War One. In Philip Pullman’s Aladdin , this ancient magical tale is retold as a story of ambition and self-advancement, a young man’s journey from lazy good-for-nothing to great wealth and power. And in Jill Tomlinson’s delightfully witty classic, a fledgling Barn Owl conquers his fears through a series of eye-opening encounters. These plays are for all ages.